I suppose that he was one of the last great dragons, although he is the only one that you hear of having a renowned hoard, which the Dwarves wanted to reclaim. Smaug must have been pretty powerful to have gathered it from the Dwarves and Men in the first place.
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I go to my fathers. And even in their mighty company I shall not now be ashamed. I felled the black serpent. A grim morn, and a glad day, and a golden sunset!
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